Week 4 – Lesson 3

Integrating Concentration in Daily Life

This video reviews practical ways for you to begin to integrate concentration
into your daily life.

Worksheets

1. True or False: Concentration is the ability to keep your awareness on one thing for an
extended period of time.
True

False

2. How can you integrate concentration into your everyday life? (Type your answer in the
text box below)

3. List 2-3 areas in your day where you can practice concentration. (i.e. giving people
your undivided attention in conversations)

4. If your awareness wanders while you are in conversation, what should you do?
Update your Facebook status letting people know this.

Text your guru and let him or her know you are distracted.

Bring your awareness back to the conversation.

Bring your mind back to the conversation.

5. Why do many people find it difficult to learn how to concentrate?

6. How can you teach children and colleagues how to concentrate?

Tell them to concentrate.

Tell them to search “How to concentrate” online.

Teach them by example.

Tell them to sign up for this course.

7. True or false: You can practice distraction and successfully teach people around you
to be concentrated?
True

False

8. True or False: It takes a lot of effort to concentrate because you are really good at
practicing distraction.
True

False

9. If you can keep your __________ in one area of the mind for an extended period of
time, you are practicing ____________.

10. If your awareness moves from one area of the _______ to another, you are
practicing __________.

11. The best way to go about building a sustainable practice of concentration is...
to completely immerse yourself in this right now.

in small incremental steps.

by reading every day about concentration.

by telling everyone around you to concentrate.

12. True or False: When you are in a state of concentration, awareness moves only
when you allow it to move.
True

False
Worksheets – Answers
Question
1. True or False: Concentration is the ability to keep your awareness on one thing for an
extended period of time.
Answer(s)
True

Question
2. How can you integrate concentration into your everyday life? (Type your answer in the text box
below)
Answer
Practice it in everything you do in your day.

Question
3. List 2-3 areas in your day where you can practice concentration. (i.e. giving people your
undivided attention in conversations)
Answer

Question
4. If your awareness wanders while you are in conversation, what should you do?
Answer(s)
Bring your awareness back to the conversation.

Question
5. Why do many people find it difficult to learn how to concentrate?
Answer
Because most people are used to practicing distraction.

Question
6. How can you teach children and colleagues how to concentrate?
Answer(s)
Teach them by example.

Question
7. True or false: You can practice distraction and successfully teach people around you to be
concentrated?
Answer(s)
False

Question
8. True or False: It takes a lot of effort to concentrate because you are really good at practicing
distraction.
Answer(s)
True
Question
9. If you can keep your __________ in one area of the mind for an extended period of time, you
are practicing ____________.
Answer
awareness, concentration

Question
10. If your awareness moves from one area of the _______ to another, you are practicing
__________.
Answer
mind, distraction

Question
11. The best way to go about building a sustainable practice of concentration is...
Answer(s)
in small incremental steps.

Question
12. True or False: When you are in a state of concentration, awareness moves only when you
allow it to move.
Answer(s)
True